Making Choice Just A Little Easier In NLP we are real big on increasing choice. One of the basic presuppositions is “Choice is better than no choice” another is “The element in a system with the most flexibility (choice) has the most control.” I was talking with an old friend the other day who was facing another of those transitions we all experience in life’s passages. She was living alone in the large home where
Our world today is on the cusp of an incredibly exciting and precarious time – one in which people are increasingly questioning and seeking a life of meaning, purpose, and contribution. There is a greater call for both sincere intention and depth of skill to facilitate a higher quality life and work experience – for individuals, their teams, and their organizations. We see a great need for leaders and people who can effectively guide transformation
Quick change is usually easier, and kinder, than the alternatives. Most of all, it’s a skill anyone can learn. 1011 words; Reading Time 3.88 minutes Most people think that making big changes in life takes a lot of effort and a lot of time, and the bigger the change the harder it will be. Not so. Not even close. Here’s a story of how fast and easily you can do this. One day years ago
In the spirit of these economic times, let me tell you a story about conferences and congruence. Thirty-odd years ago, I’m walking in Manhattan with a long-time friend. A piece of paper blows by. My friend grabs it up, hands it to me and says, “Keep this. It’s really valuable.” I look at it – it’s a hotel map – the kind they give you so you can find where conference rooms are. “What good
Last week we brought you another great story of the power of applying just one of the most basic NLP techniques for establishing rapport (“Tuning In” Jan 23, 09) Here is another example – excerpted from one of the most popular articles we posted last year – of the effectiveness and transformative qualities of NLP The Power Of Presupposing: Positive Intent “Gerry was working with a senior executive who oversaw a budget of about $1
What if Milton Erickson was Santa Claus? What if he came every year to give all the good little NLPers a hypnotic gift? Going down the chimney into your unconscious mind and leaving presents while you relaxed in a deep sleep…you can imagine that, can’t you? I wrote the following poem as I was was coaching a NLP training, and I decided to submit it Anchor Point. To my delight it was published in the December
Article word count 614, average reading time 2.5 minutes Uh oh. Another holiday letter. If you throw this away unread you won’t miss much. Just my story about how Martha Stewart screwed up our holidays awhile ago. We’d had a great year, actually. Our son Jared (then a teenager) and I didn’t drive each other or Vikki from the house. My business and Vikki’s psychotherapy practice did well. We entered the holiday season full of
by Lisa Jackson, NLP Master Practitioner One of my favorite tools in the NLP toolkit is the use of metaphor — especially “teaching stories.” Stories are universally powerful teaching elements because they create a sense of possibility. They are also vastly under-utilized in the world of business. Too often, leaders over-focus on the dry stuff – financials and statistics – and not enough on what inspires people’s hearts and emotions. In the leaders I work
Perhaps one of the most well known NLP processes is the phobia-trauma process. Usually associated with relieving psychological trauma, NLP has many applications in the physical arena as well. Continuing our series on NLP in everyday life, this week’s story by Steve Andreas, co-founder of NLP Comprehensive, describes using NLP to reduce the affects of physical trauma. Using NLP with Yourself: Reducing Physical Trauma
Here’s an engaging and really easy to see path through what is meant, and implied, by that basic NLP Presupposition, “The Map is not the Territory” by Charles Faulkner, our Director of Programs. nlp-maps-and-models